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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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Calling this "climate change" is not enough | Journalists and meteorologists must go further, and call rapid hurricane intensification a symptom of fossil fuels. (heated.world)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I mean, it is true though. It's difficult to attribute any individual storm to climate change. A statistically significant rise in the number and intensity of storms though would be a strong indicator. Does anyone know if there's a website or scientific journal currently tracking this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

So just blanket attribute them to it.

The media exaggerates and makes shit up all the time, at least this would be beneficial.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I disagree with this. Don't give deniers any more ammunition than they already have. There's enough verifiable data on the topic that we don't need to shoot ourselves in the foot by resorting to sloppy science.

That said, I would love to see every news story end with: "In recent years there's been a statically significant increase in severe weather due to climate change."

[–] neanderthal 2 points 1 year ago

There was an article posted the other day about that. I agree. Various media outlets needs to start stepping up and getting loud about it.

I love that idea. On TV weather, talk about it constantly.

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